Planet Miners
Up to 4 players compete for the best mining claims in the solar system. Politics and sabotage can be used to your advantage in order to set the course for your family for the next hundred years.
Planet Miners is a strategy developed by Microcomputer Games, Inc., released 31 December 1980 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET and FM-7.
What Planet Miners is
Planet Miners is a strategy game developed by Microcomputer Games, Inc. and released in 1980. It was published by Kiya Overseas Industry. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET, FM-7 and TRS-80.
The premise, in the publisher's words
1 January 2050: After many deacdes of research and development of space travel, mankind is now ready to reach out to the planets of the Solar System to establish mining bases. The survival of a technological civilization depends on the rapid and efficient utilization of the Solar System's mineral resources to replace the rapidly diminishing supply of industrial minerals available on Earth. For this reason, the United Nations has formed a Mining Council and empowered it to grant mining concessions throughout the Solar System to anyone who can be the first to claim them. In theory, there are many groups on Earth who could try to stake claims, but only the four largest multi-national…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are business and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
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